The prevalence of Leptospira among invasive small mammals on Puerto Rican cattle farms

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 13; no. 5; p. e0007236
• Main Authors: Benavidez, Kathryn M, Guerra, Trina, Torres, Madison, Rodriguez, David, Veech, Joseph A, Hahn, Dittmar, Miller, Robert J, Soltero, Fred V, Ramírez, Alejandro E Pérez, Perez de León, Adalberto, Castro-Arellano, Iván
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.05.2019; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Agricultural commodities; Agricultural research; Analysis; Animal Distribution; Animals; Anthropogenic factors; Bacteria; Barns; Biology; Biology and Life Sciences; Bovidae; Care and treatment; Cattle; Cattle industry; Climate change; Communicable diseases; Dairy cattle; Dairy industry; Disease Reservoirs - classification; Disease Reservoirs - microbiology; Disease susceptibility; DNA; Dwellings; Epidemiology; Farms; Farms - statistics & numerical data; Funding; Genes; Gram-negative bacteria; Health aspects; House mouse; Humans; Infectious diseases; Kidney - microbiology; Kidneys; Laboratories; Landscape; Leptospira; Leptospira - classification; Leptospira - genetics; Leptospira - isolation & purification; Leptospira interrogans; Leptospirosis; Leptospirosis - microbiology; Leptospirosis - transmission; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mice; Milking; Nucleotide sequence; Pathogens; PCR; Polymerase chain reaction; Ponds; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Puerto Rico - epidemiology; Rats; Risk factors; Rodentia - classification; Rodentia - microbiology; Rodentia - physiology; Rural areas; Samples; Species; Tropical diseases; Zoonoses; Puerto Rico; United States > US; Japan; Texas; Philippines; Africa; Malaysia

Leptospirosis, an emerging infectious disease caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira, is thought to be the most widespread zoonotic disease in the world. A first step in preventing the spread of Leptospira is delineating the animal reservoirs that maintain and disperse the bacteria. Quantitative...